BOCA RATON, FL
(October 6, 2009) –Florida Atlantic
University’s department of music
in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters will present
two concerts during the weekend of October 16 - 18. Both
concerts will take place in the University Theatre on FAU’s
Boca Raton campus. Admission is free with a suggested donation
of $10.

On
Friday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m., the FAU Jazz Band, under the
direction of Neal Bonsanti, will present an evening of jazz
favorites. The band, which consists of approximately 25 students
ranging from freshman to graduate students, will perform big band
jazz compositions and arrangements by John Coltrane, Charlie
Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Tom Kubis, Sammy Nestico, Mark Taylor
and Gordon Goodwin.

On Sunday,
October 18 at 3 p.m., the FAU Wind Ensemble, under the direction
of Kyle Prescott, will present “Autumn Bells.” The
concert opens with a fanfare by film score composer John Williams
called "Sound the Bells." This is followed by a newer work
by Eric Whitacre titled "October." Norman Dello Joio's
three movement suite "Satiric Dances" will then be conducted by
graduate conducting student Daniel Harvey. The FAU Brass
Choir, Saxophone Choir and Concert Percussion Ensemble will
perform a variety of chamber music selections, and finally, the
full wind ensemble will again take the stage for Michael
Daugherty's "Bells for Stokowski," a tribute to one of the most
influential and controversial conductors of the 20th century,
Leopold Stokowski.

For further
information about concerts at FAU, visit
www.fau.edu/music
or call 561-297-3820.